Tom Horton, chief executive of American Airlines, has confirmed that his company is… more

American Airlines Chief Executive Tom Horton told a British financial newspaper the airline will decide in “a matter of weeks” whether it will pursue a merger with another airline, the Dallas Business Journal reports.

A spokesman for American told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Horton’s statement doesn’t mean the airline is accelerating its planning process as it traverses Chapter 11 bankruptcy.